Jack Of All Trades

My boss came up with a plan that I liked alot. She wanted to have me trained on everything in the Closed Area as fast as possible so she could place me on swing shift. On the evening shift she hoped I would be able to go wherever the worst problems were at any given time and force work through, as she put it. That was cool with me. I got to learn the entire process from start to finish. My clearance came through finally. It took about three months or so just like they figured. I can't even begin to tell you what a relief it has been to finally be "cleared" and be able to work on my own in the Closed Area without someone practically handcuffed to me the whole time. It's good to be able to just simply card myself in and get to work. Also I kinda like all that worst case scenario stuff they're gonna throw at me when I come in to work every day. It means a challenge and that keeps me on my toes. As a side benefit I seem to always learn more about how all this stuff works. I'm a Jack Of All Trades in there now which keeps everything interesting. Nothing worse than a boring job.

They've been doing a bunch more hiring since they are so behind schedule. I hit swing shift in another week and some other guys around my age were just given jobs here or already started working. Should be fun. On dayshift I mostly work with nice old ladies. There isn't much to talk about with them and I always have to be careful about how I approach them with work stuff. They freak out too easily. Well, there's one guy in the area that's pretty cool and he's about the same age. His name is Robert. Very cool guy with a laid back attitude and easy going personality. Funny as hell too. I am gonna miss working with him when I go to swing shift. I'll still get to talk shit with the guy for an hour or so each day but it won't be the same like working dayshift. Oh well. I'll have to prank him or some shit from swings.